Weather Forecasting | A Survival Skill You Should Learn

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The Importance of Weather Forecasting

The first thing I do every morning is open up the weather forecasting app on my phone so I can see what the temperature and conditions will be like for the rest of the day. This determines what I’ll do, how I’ll dress, and oftentimes, how I’ll feel that day.

This morning, however, when I tried to check the weather, I found that my app was malfunctioning. The message read, “Info not available at this time.”

It immediately struck me how dependent we are on modern conveniences to do things our ancestors knew how to do naturally. Your grandfather never checked an app to see what the weather was like — he went outside and saw for himself!

So I decided to do some research and learn how to predict the weather myself. I came across the article below and found it very informative. Maybe you will, too!

Learn to read the weather. Want to know how to do a weather forecast without gadgets? If you’re relying too much on modern technology to tell the weather, it’s time to go back to basics.

What the Clouds Tell About the Weather

People nowadays are too dependent on gadgets. In fact, you can turn on your mobile phone and you’ll know how the weather is going to develop in the next few days.

However, this can be a problem when you’re out in the middle of nowhere and the signal is weak. This is when gadget-less weather forecasting methods come in handy, indeed.

Practically everything surrounding you can help forecast the weather if you know where to look. While there are a few more old-fashioned weather forecasting methods, the skies or clouds above are usually the most reliable.

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4. Cumulonimbus Clouds

Cumulonimbus clouds have similar properties to cumulus clouds but are larger, taller, and darker. They form from cumulus clouds yet have a high concentration of water droplets.

These clouds are associated with heavy rain, hail, and snow. With that said, cumulonimbus clouds pose greater chances of severe weather.

5. Cirrus Clouds

Cirrus clouds indicate a change in the weather is about to happen. These clouds appear thin because they’re made up of ice crystals that form very high in the sky.

The presence of these clouds forecasts nice weather throughout the day, but can also indicate bad weather within the next 36 hours.

Check out this video by NWS Albuquerque for a tutorial on cloud types:

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Besides the benefits of weather forecasting in agriculture, it also important as a survival skill, especially when you’re an outdoors person. Now you know a simple observation of cloud formation can help you tell the weather in the next hours or so.

So, wherever you find yourself in the outdoors, or however you use your weather predictions, they can help you, indeed!

Do you have your own way of predicting the weather? Let us know in the comments section below!